Dr.  Carol Watkins graduated from Oklahoma State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1994 and began practicing in a mixed animal practice in rural NE Missouri. She moved to NC in December 1996 and began her career in emergency medicine at the Greenville small animal emergency clinic until its close in 2000. She then moved to Cary, NC in 2001 and joined the team at the Animal Emergency Clinic of Cary, becoming director of the practice in 2003. Dr Watkins has always enjoyed the varied and fast paced side of emergency practice with particular interests in canine geriatrics and surgery. Dr Watkins’ personal interests revolve around her home and garden in Cary which she calls her “work in progress” and which sparked her interest in home renovations.